The Preston Family Charitable Settlement

Analysis

The Preston Family Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheadle. It was registered in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Preston Family Charitable Settlement reported income of £352k and spending of £339k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £421k to £352k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Preston Family Charitable Settlement sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Synagogue Common Investment Fund (£352k), Ay and Y Patel Charitable Trust (£354k) and Voluntary Action Coventry (£351k).